coping with your period

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anybody have any problems around coping with their period

when mine started i found it hard to manage and was always staining - i hid my undies from my mum because i was ashamed and she used to get so mad

i'm middle-aged now and have had an abalation so it's not an issue anymore

but its something that still haunts me ... the way my mum would get so cross ... i finally stopped doing it when she said if i did it again she'd tell my dad

daughter's a possible aspie so its renewed my interest about this

When you say period, are you talking about the whole process, or just the bleeding?

both i suppose, i had problems managing the bleeding, and the whole thing felt so strange for such a long time

My periods have gotten seriously heavy but I have a tendency to go to the bathroom often to check so it's no problem.

It also doesn't hurt to put extra toilet paper over the pad. I have also gotten into the habit of wearing both tampons and pads when it gets really heavy. I usually recommend using a couple of regular flow tampons a day because I am so paranoid about the whole toxic shock syndrome thing.

I also wear a couple of pairs of black underwear, so even if I do stain, it doesn't bleed through so much. This is especially important at night cause regardless of what sleeping position you are in the blood will travel downwards. Nights are when stains are most common.

As far as brands go, I like the Always Infinity because the flow is evenly distributed in the pad but be careful not to let those pads overflow or they will stain. With those pads, you will know when it's time to change by touching the pad lightly and seeing if red shows up.

I can't cope with my period at all. I have it very irregularly, which on the one hand is good, as I don't have it so often, but on the other hand, when it's over the "due date" I get very nervous and anxious, anticipating the start any minute. When it's more than two weeks over, I relax, only to be hit even harder by it when it finally starts.
I have it very light, but I just feel disgusting and hate my body through the whole time for it.
It all started "wrong" for me. When I got it first at age of 16, I wasn't prepared at all. I refused to talk (and think) about it before and my mother just left it at this.
I am 29 and am still not used to it. And I probably never will be. And honestly I don't want to get used to it, I just want to make it stop.

I had issues with a ridiculously heavy period until my thyroid was tested and treated(hypothyroidism). Now my biggest annoyance is nausea and cramps one day a month. The only good thing about the depo shot was not having to worry about it.

My mother never told me about periods. And when it came i went and told my neighbour
she couldnt help me either
I had severe cramps during periods and had to bunk school, get back home, i couldnt sleep or do anything
my mother would just boil hot water and had some seeds to it which didnt make it any better
I guess i was suffering from Dysmenorrhea and never got treatment...
but then around age of 20 i discovered pain killers and started popping them atleast 3-4 of them had to be
popped to relieve the pain
Even now i need 3-4 pain killers on first day.
And with hypothyroid i started getting periods after every 15 days
i dread periods........but i guess theres no way out
Just read now about ablation...didnt know about it earlier
But i dont have guts to go through it.